School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific is 1 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9332 GPI, in 1994.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 3rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.9332 GPI | — |
| 1995 | 0.9358 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9432 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9525 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9585 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.9647 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9723 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.9774 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9818 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9841 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9862 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9859 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9871 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9868 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9893 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9898 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9974 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9974 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9964 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9986 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9979 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9983 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9997 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.948 GPI | 0.9332 GPI | 0.9647 GPI | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.9841 GPI | 0.9723 GPI | 0.9898 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.999 GPI | 0.9964 GPI | 1 GPI | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 1 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
- 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
- 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
- 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
- 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
- 6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare
More reference data data for East Asia & Pacific
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 31.45 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 14.94 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.52 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.12 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.11 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.3% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.16 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.15 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 3.26 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9332 GPI in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 3rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.